Word: topical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DOES HARVARD BOTHER about Afghanistan? It doesn't seem so. Afghanistan has been the topic of discussion on only a very few occasions, during my year and a half at first the Kennedy School and then the Center for International Affairs...
...racism is no longer a fashionable topic of discussion either here at Harvard, on other college campuses or in the Real World. It's not talked about in the dining halls or in the Yard as it was in the '60s and '70s. Has racism dissipated? Has it become accepted? Is racism just not overt anymore...
...usually remains quiet, except for his trademark bantering. It is followed by a briefing from his national security staff that is usually even shorter. When National Security Council staffers prepare Reagan for a full-fledged meeting of the NSC, the President typically does not ask any questions about the topic at hand; instead he inquires, "What do I have...
...sent to Iran." But he apparently made that flat statement only as the price of quelling an open rebellion by his Secretary of State. Shultz had been claiming that he had been only "sporadically informed" about the Iran policy, although he in fact attended two full briefings on the topic, and he is known to have protested the arms sales. On Saturday, Nov. 15, Shultz attended a meeting with Reagan and the President's other advisers at Camp David, and he urged Reagan to make a public statement calling a halt to the arms sales. The President at that point...
That survey found that the most boring behaviors were banality, such as talking about trivial or superficial things or showing interest in only one topic, and "negative egocentrism," which essentially meant complaining about oneself and showing disinterest in others...